Cisco Systems 2950 Availability Security Quality of Service Web Management, European Headquarters

Cisco Catalyst 2950 Series Switches vs. HP Procurve 2500/4000M/4108gl Switches

Availability

Security Quality of Service

Web Management

	Cisco 2950-12/24	Cisco 2950 G/T/C	HP Procurve	HP Procurve	HP Procurve
	Switches	Switches	2500 Switches	4000M Switches	4108gl Switches
	(Standard Image)	(Enhanced Image)
Configuration Information	12 or 24 fixed 10/100	12, 24, or 48 fixed	12 or 24 fixed 10/100	40-port chassis-based	8-slot chassis with
	ports, wire-speed	10/100 ports with 2	ports, standalone with	10/100 switch with	option of 3-slot
	standalone switch	GBIC ports or 24 fixed	2 open transceiver	5 open module slots	transceiver module
		10/100 ports with 2	slots		for uplinks
		1000BASE-T or
		100BASE-FX ports,
		wire-speed
		standalone switch
Redundancy
Spanning-Tree Protocol (802.1d)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
PortFast	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes, fast mode	Yes, fast mode
UplinkFast	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes, switch meshing	No
CrossStack UplinkFast	No	Yes (G)	No	N/A	N/A
BackboneFast	Yes	Yes	No	Yes, switch meshing	No
Rapid Spanning-Tree Protocol (802.1w)	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Multiple Spanning Tree (802.1s)	No	Yes	No	No	No
Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus (PVST+)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Multicast Management
IGMP (Internet Group	Yes	Yes	Yes, limited	Yes	Yes
Management Protocol) snooping
Immediate leave, fast join	Yes	Yes	No support for	No support for	No support for
			immediate leave	immediate leave	immediate leave
Bandwidth Optimization
Cisco Fast/Gigabit EtherChannel	Yes, up to	Yes, up to	Yes, up to	Yes, up to	Yes, up to
	eight ports	eight ports	four ports	four ports	four ports
VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) pruning	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Voice VLAN	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Dynamic VLAN assignment	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Dynamic Trunking Protocol (DTP)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Multicast VLAN Registration	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
802.1p class of service (CoS)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
DiffServ Code Point (DSCP)/	No	Yes	No	No	No
type of service (ToS)
Number of egress queues per port	Four	Four	Two	Two	Two
Rate limiting	No	Yes	No	No	No
Weighted Round Robin (WRR)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Strict priority scheduling	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Configurable CoS to queue mapping	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Security filtering	No	Yes	No	No	No
802.1x authentication	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Port security, MAC aging	Yes	Yes	Yes, but no MAC aging	Yes, but no MAC aging	Yes, but no MAC aging
MAC address notification	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Private VLAN Edge	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
TACACS+ and RADIUS	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes (TACACS+)	Yes
Multilevel console security	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Secure Shell (SSH) and SNMPv3	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Web Management
Single IP Management for a virtual	Yes, with	Yes, with	Yes	Yes	Yes
stack of up to 16 switches	Cisco CMS	Cisco CMS
Cluster upgrade	Yes, with	Yes, with	No	No	No
	Cisco CMS	Cisco CMS
Topology maps with IP phone	Yes, with	Yes, with	No	No	No
discovery and wireless AP	Cisco CMS	Cisco CMS
management integration
Multiple device and port management	Yes, with	Yes, with	No	No	No
configuration in minutes	Cisco CMS	Cisco CMS
Configuration templates, guide modes,	Yes, with	Yes, with	No	No	No
and embedded help	Cisco CMS	Cisco CMS
Solution wizards for easy deployment of	Yes, with	Yes, with	No	No	No
voice, video, and priority data in the network	Cisco CMS	Cisco CMS

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